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A bird’s eye view of Highway 15
Dr. Daniel Raymond and his Highway 15 hunting buddies aren’t the only ones who think the area is legendary.[…]
Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
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Coastal Zone hunters reminded to be alert for whooping cranes
Whooping cranes occupy many of the same marshes and fields as legally-hunted game birds, and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries wants to make sure Coastal Zone hunters are aware of the birds’ potential presence. […]
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Greentree reservoir on Dewey Wills WMA closed for opening day of duck season
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is advising waterfowl hunters who use the greentree reservoir at Dewey W. Wills Wildlife Management Area that lack of water will make it unavailable when the state’s East Zone opens on Nov. 21.[…]
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Three duck hunters rescued Sunday near Pilottown
Three duck hunters from Garyville were rescued Sunday afternoon in the Mississippi River after their boats started taking on water, according to a news release from the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s Office.[…]
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Louisiana’s Coastal Zone opens to mixed reports
Opening weekend was a mixed bag for Louisiana’s Coastal Zone duck hunters, with reports of success varying widely by location across the state, according to guides and Internet reports.[…]
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LWF Commission chooses DU for license funds
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission on Thursday voted to allocate all funding from 10 percent of LDWF hunting license sales to Ducks Unlimited for the development and preservation of migratory waterfowl breeding grounds for the next three years.[…]
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Duck numbers way down for Coastal Zone season opener
Duck hunters flocking to their blinds tomorrow for the Coastal Zone season opener this weekend could find fewer birds settling in their sets, with the state’s aerial survey showing a 61-percent drop in the number of birds in the area compared to last November.[…]
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LWF Commission revises duck and goose hunting zones for 2016-2021
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission on Thursday modified the state’s duck hunting zones, moving the bulk of many rice-growing parishes in the south central part of the state from the Coastal Zone and placing them into the East Zone to take advantage of later starting dates.[…]
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Ducks plentiful in advance of Coastal Zone opener, guides say
Despite relatively balmy weather so far this fall in Louisiana, hunting guides gave generally positive duck reports on Wednesday in advance of this weekend’s Coastal Zone opener.[…]
Field Notes
Taxidermist provides tips for quality duck mounts
Your trusty retriever returns with a monster “chocolate head” — a beautiful pintail, complete with its namesake tail feather dragging the ground. […]
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Breaking the language barrier — Expert tips for specklebelly goose hunting
“If it doesn’t fire you up to see a group of specks come in your face, flying 15 yards over your head with their feet down — and you’re looking into their eyes and you see the bars light up in the sun — if that doesn’t fire you up, then you don’t need to be out here.”[…]
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Highway to heaven — Keys to duck-hunting success in the legendary Highway 15
Ducks go where ducks go.
No experienced waterfowler will argue with that.[…]
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Sportsman Mallard T
The latest Sportsman T-shirt line includes this shirt made exclusively for duck hunters. The long-sleeved T-shirt is made of high-quality performance cotton and features a flying mallard across the back.[…]
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Light loads are perfect for September teal
Early migrating teal typically include a lot of juvenile birds in the fall flight and are just coming off their summer molt.[…]
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Blue Collar Decoys
Blue Collar Decoys are custom-made decoys designed to durable, lifelike and second to none when it comes to colors.[…]
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New zone map boundaries could mean big changes for Louisiana duck hunters
The entire Southeast Louisiana coast — including all of Lafourche Parish — would move into the East Zone for 2016, and large swaths of rice fields in Vermilion, Acadia and Jeff Davis Parishes currently in the Coastal Zone would also move into the East Zone next season if proposed waterfowl hunting zone boundaries are ultimately approved by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission at their next meeting on Nov. 5.[…]